IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77215109-1
Publication
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. St. Louis, Missouri
Collation
105(3): 311
Date of Publication
25 Sep 2020
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Nomenclatural Notes

[epublished]

Remarks

doi:10.3417/2020472 The name of this monospecific genus commemorates the homonymous miniature forest-dwelling figures of Dahomey mythology. 'Aziza' are fairylike creatures with a single long hair that covers them entirely and makes them invisible. The gender is feminine.

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Type
Rangaeris trilobata Summerh., Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 449, anglice. 1936; et in Kew Bull. 1936, 229, latine (1936).